Rejected petition Bank holiday for national saints (St George, St David etc..)

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Each country should be given an additional bank holiday each year, on the date of their national saint. This will bring national pride about your country back to all walks of life, contributing to the Big Society and also causing minimal risk to business due to differing dates in each nationality.

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Date submitted 4 August 2011
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